On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 10:48:30AM -0400, Steve Feehan wrote:
> Slightly off topic, but maybe someone can help. I'm not able to connect
> to the HSG80 via the serial port. This has worked fine before, terminal
> settings are correct (9600 8n1). I'm using minicom from a linux box.
>
> Something similar happened before. Connecting via the windows client
> (via the serial port) worked, after which I could connect via my
> terminal emulator.
>
> Is there a way to get the controller to respond without rebooting? I
> don't have a windows box handy to try the former solution.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Steve Feehan
> Unix Systems Administrator
> Structural Biology and Bioinformatics
> University of Vermont
Thanks to Colin Bull, Dan Goetzman, Bert Deknuydt and Raul Sossa S.
for the quick responses. The answer was:
I have a similar (but not near identical) configuration. Sometimes
when I find a port on my HSG80's "hung" I find that a "control-Q"
will free it up. "control-Q" is a "XON" character, and used by
"software" flow control. In my situation, apparently my terminal
server sends a "XOFF" and the port is waiting for a XOFF to resume
data flow.
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Steve Feehan
Unix Systems Administrator
Structural Biology and Bioinformatics
University of Vermont
Received on Tue Aug 27 2002 - 15:15:34 NZST